Visual Diary - Hawaii May 2022

2 years ago we had a family holiday booked for Hawaii. Obviously Covid and lockdown had us cancelling our plans and looking forward to the time when we could book our holiday in the sun again.

Well that time came last week when we arrived in Waikiki. The trip was a dream and Hawaii was as beautiful as I had remembered. We were blessed with perfect weather and it was everything we had hoped for.

We stayed at our favourite hotel the Moana Surfrider right on Waikiki Beach. We have stayed here on our last 2 trips. We just love the vibe and the location and view can't be beaten!

We stayed in a Tower Suite Ocean view room and the view from our 2 balconies was absolutely stunning!

It just didn't seem real. The beach, the water, the palm trees and Diamond Head, everything was so beautiful!

We had a relaxing week of swimming, floating at Waikiki (buy your float from the ABC stores, they pump it up for you too), lunch by the pool, shaved ice in the afternoons and cocktails while watching the sunset.

We stuck to the main strip, Kalakaua Ave for dinner. It was also nice to have a walk and browse in the shops after dinner. You can also pop in for a drink at the other hotels along the beach. I always love to stop in to the Royal Hawaiian. The pink palace is so glamourous and old world.

We also spent an afternoon browsing the shops at the Ala Moana Centre. The boys especially loved Sugar, Sugar a candy shop with oversized candy from different countries.

We swam with the turtles each day. It was such a thrill to spot their heads popping up nearby.

We were also spoilt with amazing firework displays on a couple of the nights.

We then spent a couple of nights at the Disney resort Aulani. Noah didn't really remember coming here so it was fun for him to do the character breakfast and ride the water slides and lazy river.

They also got to snorkel in the reef with the fish. It was a lovely end to our family holiday.

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We had the best time and were so grateful that we got to have our family holiday.

It felt good to be travelling again and making plans. xx

Summer Holidays 2021

Summer holiday vibes. 

We crossed the QLD border to catch up with family and enjoy some time in the sun.

 We are now in Byron. The weather has been amazing and it has been beach, eat, sleep repeat. 

Bliss! Totally needed and sooo appreciated after this year. 

Our Canberra Trip

 We took advantage of the long weekend and headed down to Canberra for a couple of days.

We played tourist on Sunday with a visit to Cockington Green (such a blast from the past!) followed by lunch at a cute pub and then a drive by of Parliament House on our way to our hotel.

The next morning we headed out to Corin Forest where the boys saw snow for the first time. Usually most of our holidays are beach related so this was a huge change. A chilly but fun one! They loved it and we will definitely venture to bigger snow fields in the future since we all had such a great time.

It was a quick trip but so nice to have a change of scenery and such beautiful scenery at that! The beautiful trees and landscape, the crisp air, the streams and creeks.... all stunning!

Here are some photos of our trip -